Posted on 11/29/2009 9:55:33 PM PST by Frantzie
Sorry to post a vanity but looking for tips on carpet cleaning.
I rented a steam cleaner at Lowes and someone had suggested ammonia but not sudsy/soapy. It helped. Before I did that I tried Capture on tough spots with the dust. I also tried Folex which is pretty good. I bought Target foam and a sponge mop. Brushed it in and vaccuumed later. A bit better.
Finally, I had a guy come in with a truck mounted unit with steam plus vac and rotary. It was even better but some of the traffic ares have a tinge of brown. I wonder if some oily residue? Desk areas still have traffic. The pile at the desk and traffic areas are not pushed down all the way.
Tried some of the cheaper Oxygen (Billy Mays) stuff earlier. Any suggestions are appreciated. My alternative is clear mats at desks, which I was going to do anyway. I was also considering a few nicer carpet runners for the other areas. Thanks.
It’s time for new carpeting when all those heavy duty solutions do not work.
Is it your office as in your business?
You could try hiring Zerorez.
cheap shaving cream is the best stain remover for carpet!
Give Bill Clinton a call. I’m sure he can help.
If it is then I would suggest pulling that carpet and laying down those tile carpet squares. What is the floor underneath the carpet?
Shaving cream? How does that work? The areas can be liek 2’x2’ in size.
Concrete. Pretty big area + Obama emerging Depression = trying not to spend big bucks.
Sometimes there is no hope for carpet. We recently had all of ours pulled up and acid stained our concrete floors. I was paying to have them cleaned every 3-4 months, and we finally gave up.
Rub it in and wipe it up with a dry cloth for spots.
If you’re going to clean with a carpet cleaner, spot clean with shaving cream as a pre cleaner and then clean the carpet with the machine.
I use Barbasol.
Dexter uses some kind of spray to remove blood stains.
I think you’ve got all of the stains out that are gonna come out. Best option, if you want to save the carpet, is to dye it a darker color and, if you don’t like that color, then dye it back to a lighter color. I used to have Pizza restaurants, and I’ve done that several times with very good success.
Since I’m the king of cheap, I always called nearly every rug sucker, I mean-carpet cleaner/dyer in the phonebook to come out and give me an estimate. You get a lot of advice that way, too.
Good luck.
I would still check on the tile stuff. It could be cheaper in the long run. If there is a stain that can’t be cleaned or a gash in the carpet you can just replace the squares.
Who is Dexter?
You could pull up the carpet, then clean and stain the concrete. Looks like stone and it’s not expensive.
I’d hire somebody to sand/polish/clean the concrete, then do the staining myself. Two brown-tone colors and a hand-held pump sprayer would do the trick.
My son is a type 1 diabetic. When he first started using the pump, he used iodine to sterilize his skin before he put the sets in.
Well, give iodine to an 11 year old boy and you’ve got a mess. The baby blue carpet in his room had a ton of brown iodine spots.
My friend had the solution:
1. Use and eyedropper to apply straight bleach to the brown spot. Try not to get it anywhere else.
2. Wait a couple of days to let the bleach evaporate, then clean the carpet with a rug shampooer.
3. Get the biggest box of crayons you can find and select the one that best matches your carpet. (I had to use two blues. Both were close, but neither quite did the job. Together, they were perfect.)
4. Color the white spots with the crayon.
5. Lay foil over the colored spot and apply a hot iron for 15 seconds to set the color. (Do this as you color the spots or you’ll loose track of them. The heat is important or else the crayon will come out with future cleanings.)
The crayon goes on thin, so it doesn’t feel like wax.
My daughter had spilled about a cup of bleach on the hall floor a few years ago. I used this technique and it worked fine. It wasn’t as invisible as the tiny spots, but not noticeable.
Shaving cream rocks!
Thanks - I was thing of the darker color idea and dye. Thanks. Restaurants must be brutal. I will call for some quotes.
white vinegar + very(very)hot water
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